William hanson emery



(No Model.)

W. H. EMERY.

. PAPER BOX.-

No. 395,886. Patented Jan. 8, 1889..

v [WM/@207, a Wilhelm/army LNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HANSON EMERY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES G.EMERY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,886, dated January8, 1889. Application filed June 21, 1888. Serial No. 277,731. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'ILLIAM HANSON EM- ERY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklymin the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes, of whichthe following is a specification.

ill y invention consists of a paper box. having the peculiarities ofconstruction hereinafter set forth, whereby it is particularly adaptedfor holding cigarettes, matches, or other articles, and for permittingtheir ready removal as required for use.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention,Figure 1 is a planof the blank from which my improved paper box is made.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box opened and filled withcigarettes, a portion of the outer front of the box being broken away toshow the inner front flaps to which the outer front is fastened. Fig. 3is a loi'lgitudinal section of the box closed. Fig. i is a transversesection of the box on the line so a; of Fig. 3, showing the abuttinginner front flaps.

This box is constructed from a single paper blank consisting of a backportion, 1, the side portions, 2, the inner front flaps, 3, thebottomend, i, the outer front, 5, the fasten.- ing-flap (i, the top end,7, and the upper front portion or closing flap, 8, as shown.

The back 1 occupies approximately the center of the blank, as shown inFig. 1, and surrounded-by creases a a a which form the lines ofdemarkation between the sides and ends of the box when folded intoshape. The sides 2 are of the same length as the back, and may be of anydesired width, according to the size of box to be made.

The inner front flaps, 3, and outer front, 5, are as much shorter thanthe sides 2 as may be necessary to afford a clear opening at the upperfront portion of the box, as shown in Fig. 2, to facilitate theinsertion and removal of the boxs contents. These inner front flaps, 3,project laterally from the lower portions of the sides 2, and areseparated therefrom by creases b, that form lines on which the flaps 3are folded inward toward each other, the two flaps 3 having togethersuch a width that when the blank is folded on the lines a and I) saidflaps 3 will abut, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The outer front, 5, is divided from the bottom end, 4, by a fold orcrease, c, and. from the fastening-flap 6 by a crease, d, and betweenthe top end, 7, and closing-flap S is a crease, c, as shown.

In forming the box from the above-described blank the sides 2 are foldedon the lines a, and the inner front flaps, 3, are folded toward eachother on the lines I). The bottom end, i, and the outer front, 5, arethen folded upward on the lines a and c, and the fastening-flap 6 isfolded backward and downward on the line (I until it comes in contactwith the inner surfaces of the inner front flaps, 3, to which it issecured by glue or other suitable adhesive substance with which theadjacent surface of the fastening-flap 6 may be previously supplied. Thebox is thus brought into its proper rectangular form and secured at asingle point, which is all that is necessary to produce a neat anddurable box of the character described.

It will be observed that by means of the inner front flaps, 3, outerfront, 5, and fastening-flap 6, as shown, the box is strengthened in asimple and effective manner and formed into the desired shape withsmooth and even joints, which are almost entirely concealed.

The top end, 7, and closing-flap 8 being folded on the lines o and c, inorder to close the box it is only necessary to draw said parts 7 and Sdownward and forward and tuck the free end of the closing-flap S intothe front portion of the box behind the flap 6, as shown in Fig. 3, whenthe contents of the box will be safely retained.

The box can be easily opened by drawing or pressing the closing-flap 8outward, and by reason of the comparatively short permanent box-frontample space will then be afforded for removing the boxs contents withoutinjury. This is particularly desirable in the handling of cigarettes andother fragile articles, though the box may be employed to advantage forinclosing other goods.

In the completed box made as shown and described the inner flaps, 3, andthe front 5 constitute a short permanent front wall, in

that it is but approximateLv one-hail the height of the box and is notdesigned to be opened. The end 7 and flap H (a'mstitute, respectively, a(dosing end for the top of the box and e10sing-[ia for the upper half ofthe front of the box.

hat I claim is 1. A paper box eonsistingot' the back l,the 2 sides2,1121Ying short flaps 3,bentnnvard each other in front, the bottom end,4-, provided with the short front 5, turned up and having its top endbent around the upper portion of the short flaps and fastened thereto,and the top elosii'lg end, Lhaving the closing-flap b to pass downbehind the short flaps and front, substantially as described.

